iPod ClassiciPod classic was part of a brand differentiation of the iPod line. The iPod classic was to be apple's larger, high-capacity model, while other flash-based iPods introduced at the same time would be smaller, thinner, and (in the case of the iPod touch) offer increased connectivity. The iPod classic came in an all-metal case, with either a black or matte silver front-face, and featured a new two-pane OS.
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iPod NanoThe iPod nano represented a bold decision for Apple: to replace the best-selling iPod mini, at the height of its market dominance, with a brand-new, significantly different iPod model. Whereas the mini had been based around a 1" hard drive, the iPod nano was built around a 2 or 4 GB flash memory drive. The iPod nano's look and feel was more aesthetically aligned with that of the iPod color than the mini's had been.
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iPod Shuffle The iPod shuffle represented Apple's first entry into the fractured market of low-end flash-based digital music players. Apple had long publicly maintained that flash-based players were "throw away" devices, due to the small number of songs that they could store. With the release of the iPod shuffle, Apple finally turned its attention to the low-end market, the only digital music market it had yet to dominate.
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iPod TouchThe iPod Touch runs Apple's Unix-based iOS operating system, which was called 'iPhone OS' until 2010. It is designed as a touchscreen-based media player and pocket computer platform, and includes bundled software to browse the internet, read and write e-mail and view images. Document creation and other typing uses a keyboard displayed on the screen. From launch, the iPod Touch was described by journalists as an 'iPhone without the phone'. Each iPod touch model to date has run the same release number of iOS as the contemporary iPhone model.
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